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Rece?it Literature. 26() 



The second paper* contains descriptions of a new Gnatcatcher {Polio- 

 ptiia albiveiitris) and a new Swift {CJecetura feregriiwtor). The formei- 

 finds its nearest ally in P. itigriccps, and the latter in C. gaumcri.—]. A. A. 



Lawrence on Birds new to the Fauna of Gaudeloupe, West Indies. t — 

 Ten species are added to those previously recorded from the Island of 

 Guadeloupe, from specimens transmitted by Dr. St. F. Colardeau, with 

 notes respecting their occurrence. Five of them are North American species 

 of Mniotiltidae ; two others are also North American, the other three being 

 Westlndian. The large Kingfisher from this island, previously referred 

 to Ceryle torquata, is separated specifically as C. stictipennis. It differs 

 from C. torquata slightly in various points of coloration, to which, 

 however, it is closely allied. — ^J. A. A. 



Stejneger on preoccupied Generic Names of North American Birds. J 

 — Dr. Stejneger finds that the generic names hitherto applied to the Golden- 

 eye Ducks are all preoccupied, and he therefore proposes for the 

 group the new generic name GYrtwc/oweZ/rt, with the following species : 

 Glaucionetta clangnla, G. clangitla americafia, and G. islaudtca. 



The generic name Ccinacc, applied to the Spruce Partridge, also proves 

 to have previously used fora genus of insects. Elliot's name Deiidragopus 

 given to the Dusky Grouse, becomes tenable for the Spruce Partridge, if 

 we consider the two species congeneric; and for the subgeneric name 

 Canace Dr. Stejneger proposes the new name Canacliites. — ^J. A. A. 



Ridgway on the Birds of Cozumel Island, Yucatan. § — In Mr. Ridgway's 

 description of 'Some new Species of Birds from Cozumel Island, Yucatan,' 

 published February 26, 1S85 (see Auk, II, p. 294), he promised later a full 

 report upon the collection, and this report forms the paper now under 

 notice. After some preliminary remarks upon the collection, numbering 

 429 specimens, and upon previous papers relating to the birds of this island, 

 he proceeds to give an annotated list of the species, which number 57. 

 Those previously briefly described as new are here redescribed at length, 

 and a new subspecies {Centurus rtibrt'ventrts pyg-inceus) is added. Seven 

 species, not represented in the collection, are given on the authority of Mr. 

 Salvin, thus raising the total number of species enumerated to 64. The 



* Characters of two New Species of Birds from Yucatan. Arm. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 

 Vol. IV, No.' 8, pp. 273, 274. 



t List of a few species of Birds new to the F'auna of Gaudeloupe, West Indies, with 

 a Description of a New Species of Ceryle. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Vol. VIII, No. 39, pp. 621-625, No^' 3> 1885. 



X Notes on some apparently preoccupied Ornithological 'Generic Names. By 

 Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. VIII, No. 26, pp. 409, 410. Sept. 14, 

 1885. 



(J Catalogue of a collection of Birds made on the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan, by 

 the Naturalists of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, Capt. Z. L. Tanner; 

 Commander. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Vol. VIII, Nos. 35-37, pp. 

 560-583, Sept. 30-Oct. 19, 1885. 



